Chang Do-yong

Chang Do-yong
장도영 張都暎
Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
In office 16 May 1961 – 3 July 1961
Deputy	Park Chung Hee
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Park Chung-hee
Prime Minister of South Korea[a] Acting
In office 21 May 1961 – 3 July 1961
Preceded by	Chang Myon[b]
Succeeded by	Song Yo-chan
Minister of National Defense
In office 20 May 1961 – 6 June 1961
Preceded by	Hyun Suk-ho
Succeeded by	Shin Eung-gyu
Personal details
Born	(1923-01-23)23 January 1923 Ryūsen-gun, Heianhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now North Korea)
Died	3 August 2012(2012-08-03) (aged 89) Orlando, Florida United States
Resting place	Seoul National Cemetery
Political party	None(military regime)
Spouse	Baek Hyung-sook
Children	5 children
Alma mater	Imperial Japanese Army Academy Korea Military Academy
Religion	Protestantism
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan  South Korea
Branch/service	Imperial Japanese Army (1944–1945)  Republic of Korea Army (1945–8 August 1961)
Years of service	1944–1961
Rank	Lieutenant(Japan) Lieutenant General(South Korea)
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Korean War
Korean name
Hangul	장도영
Hanja	張都暎
Revised Romanization	Jang Doyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Toyŏng

Chang Do-yong (Korean: 장도영; Hanja: 張都暎; 23 January 1923 – 3 August 2012^[1][2]) was a South Korean general, politician and professor who, as the Army Chief of Staff, played a decisive role in the May 16 coup and was the first chairman of the interim Supreme Council for National Reconstruction for a short time until his imprisonment.^[3][4]

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